Here's this coerced to go on a one-way mission with two others and they both are dead when he wakes up in his space ship. And it's all about this man alone overcoming every obstacle one could imagine. His persistence, the way he solves one issue after another, was fun and entertaining. The story is clever and smart.
Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission—and if he fails, humanity and the earth itself will perish.
Except that right now, he doesn’t know that. He can’t even remember his own name, let alone the nature of his assignment or how to complete it.
All he knows is that he’s been asleep for a very, very long time. And he’s just been awakened to find himself millions of miles from home, with nothing but two corpses for company.
His crewmates dead, his memories fuzzily returning, Ryland realizes that an impossible task now confronts him. Hurtling through…
I thought the dialogue was amazing. Also the story made me think about the story's world and how we are moving closer to The Deluge rather than away from it. The book is long but I did like how Markley developed his characters over the years. Really nice job with that. I also like speculative fiction with a dystopian edge but not the doom and gloom, end of the world stuff. Just not for me.
"This book is, simply put, a modern classic. If you read it, you'll never forget it. Prophetic, terrifying, uplifting." -Stephen King
From the bestselling author of Ohio, a masterful American epic charting a near future approaching collapse and a nascent but strengthening solidarity.
In the first decades of the 21st century, the world is convulsing, its governments mired in gridlock while a patient but unrelenting ecological crisis looms. America is in upheaval, battered by violent weather and extreme politics. In California in 2013, Tony Pietrus, a scientist studying deposits of undersea methane, receives a death threat. His fate will become…
The astounding new novel from the master of science fiction. President Barack Obama's summer reading choice and recently optioned by Ron Howard and IMAGINE to be made into a major motion picture.
What would happen if the world were ending?
When a catastrophic event renders the earth a ticking time bomb, it triggers a feverish race against the inevitable. An ambitious plan is devised to ensure the survival of humanity far beyond our atmosphere. But unforeseen dangers threaten the intrepid pioneers, until only a handful of survivors remain...
Five thousand years later, their progeny - seven distinct races now three…
Dr. Julie McCray, astrophysicist, isn’t looking for second-chance romance. Not even close. She’s focused. She needs to save the planet from a dystopian future as Earth temperatures soar.
Julie’s rover, 40 million miles away, discovers living bacteria hiding under the Martian surface. Scientists examine its DNA profile and agree that, with a slight amount of genetic engineering, it can absorb vast quantities of carbon dioxide, exactly what the planet needs to survive.
The President orders the government to commandeer Julie’s Mars mission and bring the living bacteria to Earth. Julie chafes at the distant and secretive CJ Jackson of the CIA, who aims to protect her adventurous undertaking from enemies who could turn its DNA into a lethal bioweapon.
When Julie finds her mission’s been sabotaged by a devious NASA insider, she’s forced to work with the aloof agent to uncover the mysterious culprit before her launch window closes. If they fail, it’ll be years before another rocket can be sent, and by then millions will have perished from the escalating heat.
For fans of futuristic sci-fi thrillers, The Rocket Scientist is a fast-paced adventure through a dystopian landscape where love may be the only thing strong enough to save the world.
